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USA, the stars and astronomy???
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (585+ words) The Star-Spangled Republic argues America's history can be told through the story of its astronomy Why...Eran Shalev argues the answers lie in what he calls ‘political astronomy’....His book, The Star-Spangled Republic: Political Astronomy and the Rise of the…...
One of the world's darkest paints makes everything look like a black hole??? and it could save our night sky
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (224+ words) Will a new paint job stop satellites ruining ground-based astronomy?...of the world’s darkest coatings suggests it could dramatically reduce the impact of satellites on astronomy...
A strange, dark object is warping the Universe. Scientists still don???t know what it is
1+ week, 4+ day ago (502+ words) such a large distance from us," says Chris Fassnacht, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy...at the University of California, Davis, a co-author on the study published in Nature Astronomy....
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it's much wider than they thought
1+ week, 1+ day ago (266+ words) Publishing in Astronomy & Astrophysics, the international team measured the distances to dust clouds...
Science says we're not special. But here's why that could be wrong??? and why we should be thankful we've not been swallowed by the Sun
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (587+ words) If astronomy has taught us anything over the last few centuries, it’s this: rather than being the centre...
Seeing the Blood Moon this week? Here are 9 key things you need to know about the lunar eclipse
2+ week, 6+ day ago (608+ words) timings for the 27/28 August 2026 lunar eclipse August 2026 is proving to be a spectacular month for astronomy...
We???ll soon see the flash when two alien planets collide??? and it'll dramatically transform our understanding of the Universe
1+ week, 2+ day ago (24+ words) planets collide – and it'll dramatically transform our understanding of the Universe BBC Sky at Night Magazine...
This rare meteorite is proof of a lost ancient planet that once roamed our Solar System
3+ week, 2+ day ago (244+ words) Their findings appear in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters....
Our Galaxy swallowed another galaxy shortly after the Big Bang. And scientists just found the smoking gun
3+ week, 3+ day ago (580+ words) The discovery of the Low-energy-Kraken-Heracles merger 11.8 billion years ago reveals how our young Galaxy was shaped Our home Galaxy the Milky Way wasn't always been a majestic spiral galaxy containing of hundreds of billions of stars and dark matter. Instead,…...
Stargazers see bright clouds??? astrophysicists see an impending collision. These are the two nearby galaxies you've probably never heard of
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1054+ words) A beginner's guide to the Magellanic Clouds and their impending collision with our own Galaxy To stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere, they’ve been familiar naked-eye objects since time immemorial. So what exactly ARE the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds – or…...